Songs in Musicals
"My Shot" & "The Room Where it Happens"
What is Hamilton?
The spoken or written command given to technical staff to carry out a particular operation during a performance.
What is a Cue?
A superstitious and widely accepted alternative to "Good Luck" (which is considered bad luck in the theatre).
What is "Break a Leg"?
"Big Fun" & "Seventeen"
What is Heathers?
A support structure of the fly system of theatrical rigging.
What is a Grid?
This musical, which debuted in 1997 is the highest grossing Broadway musical and raked in $1.68 billion.
What is The Lion King?
Room close to the stage for the actors to meet and relax.
What is the Green Room?
"Skid Row" & "Mean Green Mother From Outerspace"
What is Little Shop of Horrors?
A coarse gauze-like material used as a drop.
What is a Scrim?
This musical, which debuted in 1982 used over 3247 pounds of yak hair for the performers' wigs.
What is Cats?
A member of the company of a musical or play who understudies one of the leads and is also in the chorus, but doesn't have a character name in the chorus.
What is a Swing?
Both offstage sides of a stage are referred to as this.
What are the Wings?
"I Know Things Now" & "Stay With Me"
What is Into the Woods?
Cast members appear in costume, on stage and under stage lighting, so that the costume designer and costume assistants can see how they look.
What is a Costume Parade?
A literary and historical consultants who work with directors, designers, and actors to make an artistic vision a reality.
What is a Dramaturge?
This is another name for the area in a theater where the audience is seated.
What is the House?
"The Contest" & "Poor Thing"
What is Sweeny Todd?
A piece of tinted plastic film that is attached to the front of a lighting instrument to make the light on stage a certain color.
What is a Gel?
This musical, which debuted on March 25 2016, was the first to feature an all-female creative team.
What is Waitress?
The chorus in a musical, sometimes including soloists.
What is an Ensemble?